BHP CEO Search to Look Outside of Mining

MELBOURNE—BHP Billiton will look beyond the mining industry for a potential successor to Chief Executive Marius Kloppers, a nonexecutive board member said Tuesday.

Several internal candidates are being considered for the position, but BHP has hired a recruiter to help it search externally and outside the mining industry to eventually replace Mr. Kloppers, according to Lindsay Maxsted, Westpac Banking Corp. chairman and BHP director....